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Mashup: Fotoland

View thousands of flickr photos while navigating a Google map. Fotoland allows users to create tags on the map and then imports photos that are associated with these tags from flickr. Very feature rich.

It's been over a month since an explosion on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico started leaking millions of gallons into the ocean. As with other major events, developers create mashups to help make sense of and consume the massive amounts of news available. Below are three examples of such sites, with a focus on the latest crisis.

Telenav, a leading personalized navigation services company, has announced the launch of a new Scout Maps and Navigation SDK, Scout Maps API, and Scout for Developers Program. The new Scout Maps and Navigation SDK is based on OpenStreetMap (OSM) which according to Telenav, makes it the first commercial-grade navigation for mobile app developers worldwide based on OSM.

It's a little bit creepy, but it's also a little bit genius. Singles for Foursquare builds a dating and messaging service on top of the location-sharing application. The result is a mashup that could match up hip iPhone-using, Foursquare-playing, same-bar-going early adopters.

The Travelpayouts Data API allows users to integrate and continually update statistical air travel data into their online content platforms. The API allows users to populate their websites and blogs...

The Musement API allows developers to integrate information on tours, attractions, activities, and events into their websites and applications. The available information includes 5,000+ events in 300...